Support for automobile hoods



Aug. 20', 1935. K..D. sToRcH SUPPORT FOR AUTOMOBILE HOODS 5 Sheets-Sheetl Filed July 24, 1934 N N INVENTOR BY My ATTORNEY WITN E85:

Aug. 20, 1935. K. D. STORCH SUPPORT FOR AUTOMOBILE HOODS Filed July 24,1934 3 Shets-Sheet 2 ATTOR NEY A g. 20, 1935. I K. D. STORCH SUPPORT FORAUTOMOBILE HOODS' Filed July 24, 1934 3 Sheets-Sheet 3- HZVENTQR v 11W,0. yard ATTORN EY wnuus:

Patented Aug. 20; 1935 7 Claims. (01. 2180-150) This invention relatesto supports of the characterset forth in my U.'S Letters Patent grantedJuly 4, 1933 and numbered 1,917,074 and has for the primary object theprovision: of an improved" .construction' .of hoodengaging means topermit of the device being readily applied and removed from thehood'sections of a'motor vehicle and when applied thereto anydangerof-ithehood slipping or becoming accidentally freed is obclaimed.

the device.

Another objector this invention is the provision of an adjustablemeanswhereby the hood sections may be firmly supported at ,difierentgin-,clinations at either side of the motor: vehicle I and which means'iscarried by and adjustable relative. to the hood engaging meansWiththeseand other objects 'in View this in; vention consists in certainnovel features of construction, combination and arrangementof parts tobe hereinafter more fully described and For a cornplete understanding ofmy invention,

reference is'to be ha d to the following description and accompanyingdrawings, in which 7 Figure 1-is aside elevation illustratinga hoodsupport mounted tot a fragmentary portion of a motorvehicle andshowingin dotted and full linesseveral positions in which the hood may besupported.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectionalview illustrating Figure 3 is a topplat; view illustrating the device.

- Figure 4. is an endview illustrating one of the hand levers positionedto release 'its respective 'hoodclamp'sothat the device may be appliedor removed from the hood V,

jQFigure 5 is a similarfview showingoneofthe hand levers positioned to;adjust the hood clamp ffori gripping the hood.

Figure 6 is an enlarged detail sectional view illustrating one of thecable pulleysand its means -of'adjilstment topermit gripping-of thecable.

' Figure 7 isa fragmentary sectional view show ing ,theadjustableconnection between the sections of the 'hood engaging member.

fjFigure 8' is a transverse sectionallviewifshowing the means ofslidably connecting the sections of the hood engaging. member.

Figure 9 is a fragmentary perspective view il'-' lustrating one of thesections'of the vhood engaging member.

Figure 10 is a detail sectional view illustrating 5 a cable clamp'forconnecting the cable the tender of the motor vehicle. .t 2r 1. v,

Referring in detail-to the drawings, the nu:- I

- meral l indicates a hood engaging bar adapted to he arrangedtransversely ofa hood Zq-of a-motor vehicle 3, as shownin Figure 1,,with the side porttions or hood sections 4 of the hood 2 in engagementtherewith positioning said hood sections in a horizontal plane and at adistance above-the cengineuofwthe motor vehicleso that a mechanic mayeasily work "upon the engine fromaeither sidethereof without beinginterfered by the hood. -A suitable protecting strip} is secured tothebarfll forthe sections 4 of ,thehood to'engage,

'The, bar J, consists of telescopic sections 6 and 7 eachgoi channeliron construction and the section iiisequipped with retaining element 8which overlie thesection 'l and preventlifting of the section I outofthesection .6, but which will permit a limited movement ofthesection lout- ;wardly tof the section 6. .The' section 1 has a series of notches'9 to engage'with a pin II! of v the section fi for locking orretainingthe section fl frommoving outwardlyof the section 6 inan endwisedirection. Thenotches 9 can be disengaged from the pinjl! by movement ofthe 7 section ."I away from the, section 6 so that the section fl maybemoved endwise to increase and decreaselthe length of. the bar foradapting it 1 to difierent size hoods.

' L'-shaped heads H are secured tothe sections 7 6 and )1 of the ,barland carry :spacedarms l2 to which are pivoted hood clamps l3 each ofchannel iron construction and ex'tendin the direction of each otherto'engage with the inner faces of the hood sections 4, as clearly shownin Figure 1. 1Feet.l4 are pivoted to the hood clamps [B te contact withthe hoodsections; Theouter ends of the hood clamps [3 receive thereinchannel -iron members, [5 which are "apertured' to receive the pivots of.the hood, clamps and also are connected "to the hood clamps l3 byyieldable means '16. project beyond the outer endsof the hood clamps:and'hav'epivoted' thereto arcuate shaped links {The channel ironmembers it H which areinturn pivotally connected to hand ilev'ers 1 8,-the latterbeing pivoted to the heads l i, as shown at l9, whereby thehood clamps can be caused to engage and disengage with the hood sections4 of the hood 2. The yieldable means I 6 between the hood clamps and thechannel iron members |5 prevent excessive force upon the hand levers;from being transmittedto the juringi-saidfhood sections by said forces.The

yieldable means lfi also permit the'hand levers to be swung from oneposition to another asv shown -hood sections and eliminate endangeringor inin Figure 2. The hood clamps engage the hood sections withsuflicient force to prevent accidental movement of the bar I on the hoodand when in this position they act to retain the pin it in the notches 9and prevent elongating or shortening of the bar I. The arcuate-shapedlinks 5 i retain the hand levers H8 in hood clamping position as will beclearly noted by referring to the right hand lever shown in Figure 2.

The heads H carry guides 2|] to slidably receive cables 2! and thelatter moyeinwardly and outwardly of the bar I under tension and carryat their free ends clamps 22 to engage with the lenders of the motorvehicle, as shownin Figure 1. The cables are trained over 'gulde pulleys23 carried by the heads and enter'the channeled sections 6 and l of thebar I and each cable passes over a sheet 24 ccnnectedto a- The cableafter passing over the sheet 24 passes over coil spring 25 securedwithin the bar I.

a guide pulley 26 andis then secured to the sheet providing aconstruction which will permit the cable to be extended and retractedrelative to bearing sections is a coil spring'3l which acts to normallyforce the bearing sections away from each other to permit free travel ofthe. cable over the pulley 23. By moving the bearing sections towardseach other by the adjustment of the wing nut 36 on the bolt 29, saidbearing sections can be caused to grip the cable and thereby lock thecable against either inward or outward movement with respect to the barI. Y The pulleys '23 and their mountings besides guiding the movement ofthe cables provide means for gripping and locking the cables in any oftheir adjusted positions. By this arrangementlthe bar" I may be causedto assume various inclined positions,

one of which is suggested in dottedfl'ines in Figure 1, therebypermitting greater space 'to be had upon one side of the motor vehiclewhen desiring to work upon the engine still maintaining both hoodsections raised or elevated from their normal engine covering'position.

Each fender clamp 22 consists of a shank 3i to which the cable 21 isconnected 'and' said shank is bent upon itself to form a flexible jaw 33adapted to cooperate with the shank in gripping a fender. "A clip iscarried by the jaw 33 and straddles the shank 32 and'has pivoted theretoa lever 35 having an angularly related portion 36 to which a roller 31is journal'ed. 'By swinging the lever 35 in onedirection the roller willcontact with the shankand cause. the jaw to move towards said shank torthepurpose of gripping the fender. A clamp of this character will remainapplied to the fender until thelever 35 is positioned to disengage theroller 31' from the shank thereby obviating any danger of the clampbecoming accidentally disconnected from the fender when slack may occurin the cable as suggested indotted lines in Figure 1..

The bar I intermediate its-ends is provided with an eye element 38 towhich a suspension cable it may .be connected. The suspension cable 38may be suitably connected toe ceiling of a room for supporting the baror for raising the hood as a unit from the vehicle.

Having described the invention, I claim:

1. A support for motor vehicle hoods comprising a bar adapted to bearranged transversely of a hood with the sections of the hood inengagement therewith and in a raised position with respect to the motorvehicle, means carried by the bar for clamping the hood sections to saidbar, means. whereby said bar may ,be tiltedand retained at differentinclinationsand tension cables carried by the bar and connectible withfixed elements, and means carried by the bar to releasably grip thecables to permit adjustment of the bar into different inclined positionsand to retain 7 said barin any of its adjusted positions.

2. A supportcomprising a bar to engage with sections of a motor vehiclehood when said sections are in an elevated position and includingtelescopic sections to permit the bar to be adjusted as to length, headscarried by the sections of the bar, manu'ally operated hood clampscarried by said heads to engage the hood sections and'cooperate with thebar in releasablygripping said hood sections, locking means'between thesections of the bar andreleasable by the hood clamps movinginto hooddisengaging position, andmeans for supporting the bar.-

' "3. A supportfor motor vehicle 'hoods comprising a telescopic bar, pinand rack means for releasably securing the telescopic bar in adjustedposition as to length, heads carried by the bar, arms on said heads,hood engaging arms pivoted to said first arms to engage with the hoodsections and cooperate-with the bar in gripping said hood sections, handlevers pivoted to the heads, means connecting'thehand levers to the hoodengaging arms for adjusting said arms to engage and disengage with thehood sections,'and*means for supporting the bar. V

4;. A support for motor vehicle hoods comprising a telescopic bar, pinand rack means for releasably securing the telescopic" bar in adjustedposition as to length, heads carried by the bar, arms on said heads,lioodengaging arms pivoted 'to'sai-d first arms to engage with the hoodsections and cooperate with the bar ingripping said hood sections, handlevers pivoted to the heads, members pivotally connected to thefirst-named arms and yieldablyconnected to-the hood engaging arms,arcuate shaped links pivoted to said members-and to-the levers, andmeans forsupporting the bar. 7 l

5; A support for motor vehicle hoods comprising a bar adjustable as tolength, heads carried by said bar, means carried by said heads tocooperate with the bar in gripping sections .Of a hood, combined guideandtensioning means carried by said head, cables trained over saidmeans,

guides carried by the heads to receive the cables,

clampscarriedby the cables to engage fixed ob.- jectsandspring meanscarried by "said bar for tensioning the cables and for permitting saidcables to feed into and out of the bar.

6. A support for motor vehicle hoods comprising an adjustable bar, headscarried by said bar,

hoodgrippingmeans carried'bysaid heads, spring cablesupp'orting means inthe bar, said heads in eluding spacedfflexible walls, sectional bearingelements engageable with said walls, guide pulleys located between thebearing sections, cables trained over said pulleys and connected tocable supporting meansg clamps connected to said cables for connectingthe latter to fixed objects,

springs between the bearing sections, anda'djustingbolts extendingthrough the walls of the heads,

. bearing sections and pulleys whereby said-bearing sectionsmay becaused to releasably grip the cables.

7 A support comprising a, bar connected to free edges of pivotallymounted hood sections, means fconneetedto e fixed member andyieldablycon KARL D. s'1'oRo1 1.

